Garment.



M. M. HORN.

GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 1zr1913.

Patented Jan. 18,1916.

THE COLUMBIA PLANOERAPH (10., WASHINGTON, D. c.

UN ST GARMENT.

Application filed October 17, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MORRIS M. HORN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Eau Claire, in the county of Eau Claire and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improve- .ments in Garments; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

As generally constructed shirts, and garments similar thereto, have been adapted for wear with only one surface of the fabric exposed to view, and the edges thereof have been turned inwardly and bound with facing on the inner surface which is usually termed the inside of the garment. Of course in a garment so constructed obviously the wearer would not care to wear the same turned with the inner side out, owing to the fact that the seam and raw edges of the fabric where the same is stitched would be visible. Furthermore the buttonholes and buttons or other fastening means for the same are not disposed to effect the purpose when the garment is reversed, and of course the inability to secure a garment when in reversed position upon a person would preelude an attempt to so wear the same.

This invention relates to a reversible garment, namely a shirt, wherein the collars, cuffs, and fastening means thereon are symmetrically disposed and permit ready adjustment and securing of the same irrespective of whichever surface of the garment is worn outwardly.

It is an object of this invention to construct a shirt which may be worn with either side out, and in which the overlapping portions at the front are unchanged in their relation to the wearer, such openings always being closed bv an overlapping of the left hand portion thereof.

It is also an object of this invention to provide a garment wherein all buttonholes, buttons, and overlapping portions are so disposed as to be used irrespective of which side of the garment is worn outwardly, and yet are not reversed relative to their positicn on a person with a reversal of the garment to thus inconvenience the wearer.

It is finally an object of this invention to provide areversible garment which may be Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 18, 1916.

Serial No. 795,614.

worn with either side thereof outwardly without requiring any adjustment of parts whatsoever.

The invention (in a preferred form) is hereinafter more fully described and defined in the accompanying drawing and specification.

In the drawing: Figure l is a view illustrating the garment as worn by a person. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary section taken on line 11-11 of Fig. 1, of the front portion of the garment.

As shown in the drawing: The shirt, as usual, is provided with a collar band, and sleeves, and if desired, pockets in the front portion thereof.

An opening is provided in the front of the shirt, the construction of which is clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. The edges of the body portion 7 of the opening in the front of the shirt, are folded over as indicated by the reference numeral 9, and secured on each of said overlapping body portions 7, are wide bands of fabric 10, which are turned inwardly at one edge and stitched to the fabric body portion 7, as indicated at 11. A third piece of fabric 12, such as silk or other lining material affording a facing, is turned at its margin 13, and there stitched to the other inturned edge 14, of said fabric strip 10, and said facing 12, at its other edge is folded inwardly and stitched to the portion 7, of the body portion of the shirt, said stitches extending through the same'and engaging centrally of said fabric strip 10. Thus, centrally of said strip 10, three layers of fabric, namely the portions 7, 10, and 12, overlap one another, thus affording the required stiffness at the shirt opening, and through said layers of fabric, which, as stated, are stitched together, are buttonholes, so placed that the left hand and right hand overlapping portions of the shirt register with one another to receive therethrough a linked double button member 15. Pockets 16, are provided conveniently in the body portion of the shirt fabric, being secured on one surface thereof, a pocket being provided both for the left and right hand portion of the shirt, the one on an in ner surface of said body portion and the other on the outer. Irrespective of which surface of the garment is worn outwardly an outside left hand pocket is always provided, as Well as an inside right hand 11 side thereof is worn outwardly, the registering buttonholes and double linked buttons providing buttons for fasteningthe same re.-

gardless of how the garment is worn. As pointed-out, my device is so constructed and all the parts so proportioned that the ap pearance of the garment is exactly the same in either manner worn, and the wearer is not inconvenienced by having the fastening means reversed from right to left hand when the garment is reversed. If desired the inner and outer surfaces of the garment may be of different color, thus affording in appearance one of two garments.

Iam aware that various details of construction may be varied through a wide n e thou de r in f a e he-p ples of this invention. I therefore do not purpose limiting the patent granted other- -'Wise than necessitated by the prior art.

I claim as my invention:

' In a device of the class described, a body portion open at its front and having its edges at said opening folded, wide bands of fabric'folded at their edges and attached at MORRIS M. HORN.

Witnesses J SELBACH,

E. BAUMBERGER'.

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